diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 5c483b2a..d498c9f2 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # [*user*]
 #   (Optional) User to run dbsync command.
-#   Defaults to 'gnocchi'
+#   Defaults to $::gnocchi::params::user
 #
 # [*extra_opts*]
 #   (Optional) String of extra command line parameters to append
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 #   Defaults to 300
 #
 class gnocchi::db::sync (
-  $user            = 'gnocchi',
+  $user            = $::gnocchi::params::user,
   $extra_opts      = undef,
   $db_sync_timeout = 300,
-){
+) inherits gnocchi::params {
 
   include gnocchi::deps
 
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index c1999a88..d35b91b4 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class gnocchi::params {
   $metricd_service_name       = 'gnocchi-metricd'
   $statsd_package_name        = 'gnocchi-statsd'
   $statsd_service_name        = 'gnocchi-statsd'
+  $user                       = 'gnocchi'
   $group                      = 'gnocchi'
   $gnocchi_wsgi_script_source = '/usr/bin/gnocchi-api'
   $boto3_package_name         = 'python3-boto3'
diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
index bf49ebe9..a088baae 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache.pp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class gnocchi::wsgi::apache (
   ::openstacklib::wsgi::apache { 'gnocchi_wsgi':
     bind_host                   => $bind_host,
     bind_port                   => $port,
-    group                       => 'gnocchi',
+    group                       => $::gnocchi::params::group,
     path                        => $path,
     priority                    => $priority,
     servername                  => $servername,
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class gnocchi::wsgi::apache (
     ssl_crl_path                => $ssl_crl_path,
     ssl_key                     => $ssl_key,
     threads                     => $threads,
-    user                        => 'gnocchi',
+    user                        => $::gnocchi::params::user,
     vhost_custom_fragment       => $vhost_custom_fragment,
     workers                     => $workers,
     wsgi_daemon_process         => 'gnocchi',